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This woman was feeding the birds outside of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. We thought this was a little unusual because it's rare that sparrows will feed like this - one usually sees pigeons eating from people's hands.
I kept trying to move in closer, to get better shots. Then, just when I was ready to take some close up macros from only about 2 feet, it started to pour and we all had to take cover. This turned out to be about the best I got.
Bird ornaments for the Trim the Tree Handmade Ornament swap (I'll still be sending the glass snowflakes too!).
After many practice birds, I finally figured out a pattern I was happy with! I'm going to make a whole flock for gifts this year as well.
I was taking a picture of the birds in my garden through my bedroom window. When I uploaded the image to my computer I realised I had got a bird in flight.
Sorry about the quality.
Find the birders, and you find the birds. This crowd was getting shots of the Forster's Tern chicks playing in the lagoon. I was a little outgunned, especially by that Nikon 600mm f/4E!
!!! Can you believe this! i was so lucky that this hawk let me get so close to him/her. I was at work, when it flew over me and my co-workers head. My coworker wasnt as excited as i was, so he continued working while i grabbed my camera. (yes this picture was taken "on the clock" so to speak, so now i could considered myself a paid photographer Ha!)
I was about 15 to 20 feet away from this bird when i snapped the shot! My camera has a 10x optical zoom, which is a lot for a cheap digital camera, but not comparable to what most photographers use to capture wildlife. i was very fortunate to have gotten so close that i really didnt even need to use my zoom feture.
I consider this to be one of my best pictures so far.
I think it is a red-tailed Hawk, but not sure. If someone knows for sure, let me know.
this bird was the first to get a piece of bread and this bird was the first to make off with a piece of bread
Raining on and off again, so all these shots were taken from my verandah. The birds are in the reserve just outside my fence and are common visitors to the area.
These are Noisy Minors also commonly known as Squeakers. This one kept coming back trying to get the bit of fishing line hanging off the trellis.
Common, but so beautiful. One of my favourite birds. So smart, and friendly once they trust you. Befriend a magpie, it'll do ya good 😉
This is a Mocking or Cat bird's nest. They nested in the bush in my front yard last year. The adults become a problem the human residents on my street. The birds have a nasty habit of dive bombing anything they think is a threat to it's nest. It became so bad last year that even I couldn't go out front without being attacked. Unfortunately a neighbor up the street thought that the bird was attacking his children, so in protecting his kids, he came out front and shot one of the parent birds with a BB gun. This angered me, but the whole street took the side of the father, saying that the bird was troublesome. It was very aggressive. It is in their nature.
I hope that this year the neighborhood inhabitants get along.
I will follow the progress of these guys. Posting along the way. : >)
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